Nick M.K.

Chances are she'll be more careful than most trade platers out there

When I read your starting post it didn't sound like you've been trading full time. It just read like you are starting now. I did my own FCA, took under 2 hours, don't remember anthing about a business plan. Call a rep for Close Brothers motor finance, they are very helpful in setting you up if you are established. Free of charge. If you are not established the answer to your "is that anywhere near enough" question is of course NO.

Just pay the fine and pay attention to these things in the future. And whatever you do don't ring your local council to tell them "The car is in the trade because I trade cars from home, do I still have to pay this fine..."

Upload the video from your YouTube app instead of photos. Press the camera icon top RHS in the YouTube app and it shows you a list of the videos in your phone.

Next time get the train up, taxi to BCA, tax the Peugeot and on to the Lakes! Might be a bit brave and a bit boring (with no working ICE / NAV) but will only add to the adventure

Come on Benji, drop it off for James. It would be a real adventure. He'll compensate you adequately plus you can stop at our place (I am on your route) for a coffee and some priceless tips. If we manage to fix his broken Nav he might get us both a drink!

I edit just a little bit. Choosing takes forever. I take around 120 photos (in + out) of which 40-50 end up in my ads and on the website. Each photo is edited for a minute of two on iphoto (a basic Mac program, nothing like Photoshop or Lightroom) for contrast, white balance, shadows etc. From car wash to advert it takes two to four hours depending on how many times I look at this forum :-) One of the reasons I hide the number plates is that if tomorrow I get a car of the same colour and spec as one I already have in my huge library I will not go through the same photo routine. My record is 15 minutes from winning an online auction in Brighouse to live AT advert with 50 images .

The cir pol filter eliminates reflections and glare from shiny surfaces and glass. In the front Audi A6 photo without that filter the windscreen would be completely white, you would not see through it, the bonnet would be quite white also. The filter cuts these reflections off. A side effect from it is that it makes some vibrant colours to "pop", to appear even more vibrant that they are. Best shown on the modern blue metallics like BMW Le Mans Blue.

Nikon D7100 with the standard 18-105mm lens and a Hoya circular polarizer filter (a must for cars for the £30 or so it costs). an iPhone for the two minute walkaround videos.

I think he meant the deal is a non starter rather than the 6700 mile car. Is it in the UK? I'd be very interested but not at that money.

Errr, no. A V62 + £25 at a post office should tax a car and request a new V5 even if not in trade. The only difference I know of (I could of course be wrong) is that if not in trade the DVLA sends out a letter to the last registered keeper to check that they have indeed sold the car and it makes the process longer. A week or two when in trade, around 4-6 weeks when not. Which sounds like a big deal but if you have sold the car and the new keeper knows that it's taxed they usually won't care how long they wait for a new V5. I never submit new keeper details in the first 3 weeks following a sale and no one ever calls me to check why the V5 is not there yet.

By the way, what is the significance of knowing that it's IN TRADE? Since DVLA closed their local offices I've never come across a car that can not be taxed at a post office with a V62 and £25 fee.

3 so far, sold one today early in the morning just before the monsoon arrived in Bucks Waiting for two more buyers for the same car, one has a 5:30 appointment, the other 7pm and something tells me they will both turn up at exactly 6pm. One has a part ex that I want so I hope he gets here first.

I didn't know this but just tried this with one car that I know is in trade and my own taxed daily driver and it is indeed correct! Thank you for that. https://www.gov.uk/check-vehicle-tax The text that comes up for the car IN TRADE right at the bottom of the page is: You may be able to tax this vehicle at a Post Office Branch that deals with vehicle tax without the V5C registration certificate.

This how I buy 80% of my stock (just not online) and it rarely fails me.

@Mark101 in that case contact Lloyd Latchford Driveaway to see if they can set you up to provide this without needing the HPI package. http://www.lloydlatchfordgroup.co.uk/services/driveaway-payment/

I have it as a no-cost part of my HPI package. It actually costs £15 for 5 days fully comp but the customer pays it with their card when we print off their cover note. Takes five minutes to do online during the sale and the cover note is generated straight away. The car needs to be younger than 10 years, customer older than 21 and it has a £500 excess.

I've bought my fair share of rubbish at auctions over the years but a couple of times I thought I've made real big mistakes just to be rewarded by a quick sale for much more than I thought someone might pay. A few months ago I bought a petrol Jag XF 3.0 in a sale full of 3.0 Diesels and didn't realise it was petrol until I HPI'd it the next day. £500+ road tax! I thought I'll have it for months but there were very few on the market and it sold fast for strong money and a lot of calls kept coming in after that. I am sure you've made a few quid on something you thought you might have to give away...

the DVLA are EXTREMELY politically correct. No one will ever ask you "Are you really 90 because you don't sound old enough". On a sadder note, us Bulgarians don't live up to that age. That might be useful Rory. Especially when you get calls "About that car you sold me..."

If ever someone has a Bulgarian name on a logbook (the ones that all sound like tennis players) and need to call the DVLA using a geographically appropriate accent I am offering my services, free of charge

The one or two we looked at together the other day certainly did. Exceptional prices. But they did tick all the boxes. The trick is to find something that doesn't tick everyone's boxes.

It's not just you. It's everyone. A good reason why I avoid it :-)

Forget the few expats who don't already own a LHD vehicle. Register it here as Dave says, then sell it on AT to Eastern Europeans going home because of Brexit. The demand will be (already is) huge, price too.

Hahaha, hell NO! They care about price, price and price. Also history and long MOT. Mileage is important to them but if the price is right they will buy at whatever miles. Also, don't obsess over number of previous owners, does it have two keys, does it have leather or sat nav. And learn which automatics to avoid, which automatics are NOT automatics and also which automatics the trade avoids BUT are easy to fix when broken. My hate list is led by the Ford Powershift, Toyota MMT, Audi Multitronic and anything French or Vauxhall. Not much left to choose from, I know :-) Don't get me started...